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Chapter 47: An unwilling decision

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Orion’s pov

I sat in my study, the quiet of the room not stilling my troubled thoughts. Evelyn’s words recurred again and again in my head, and every time they did they sounded less absurd and hit home with greater doubt.

Hazel? Of the Shadowclaw pack? A spy? I felt sick at heart at the thought. I wanted to dismiss it all as a fit of petty envy—what else could it be?—but her words stuck too solidly for comfort.

With sudden restlessness, I rose from my chair, too weary to stay where I was. The house seemed oppressively congested; already I needed air.

My feet crunched against the gravel path as I walked, going nowhere in particular. The garden should have been a haven, but it felt more like a theater with each shadow a voice containing doubts and questions. Scent of flowers drifted into my nostrils with wind rustling through trees that shed their tears over the earth and moon.

I just wanted to have peace and quiet in this place and make sure I was on my own. I didn’t want anyone distu
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